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Ted Cruz is a interesting bloke, born in Canada so a Canadian subject of the Queen of Canada. So does Cruz have the right to become US president when he was born in and owes his loyalty to her majesty and Canada ?
Cruz's mother did not lose her citizenship in Canada, her son is still a US citizen.
Since the US Constitution recognizes only two classes of citizen (naturalized and natural born) the website he posted was adequate for his purpose.
Only in your vivid imagination.
Even the U.S. State Dept in a 2012 publication states that any possibly statutorily derived NBC "status" does NOT necessarily imply Constitutional Presidential eligibility: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86757.pdf
Would such a person born abroad be born a citizen? Yes.
Would that person be Constitutionally POTUS eligible? Not necessarily says the State Dept.
Last edited by InformedConsent; 06-17-2013 at 03:08 PM..
Even the U.S. State Dept in a 2012 publication states that any possibly statutorily derived NBC "status" does NOT necessarily imply Constitutional Presidential eligibility:
Ignoring that their refusal to take a position does not constitute actually taking a one, the State Department doesn't have a vote on that issue. You might not have noticed, but the Constitution affords them no role in determining Presidential eligibility.
Exactly. The conferment of "natural born citizen" status to those born abroad to a citizen parent(s) was eliminated.
A statute cannot eliminate the intent and understanding of the Constitution's Framers. The 1790 law proves that the Framers understood the children of citizens born overseas to be NBCs. The choice of a later statute to use different language eliminates nothing.
A statute cannot eliminate the intent and understanding of the Constitution's Framers. The 1790 law proves that the Framers understood the children of citizens born overseas to be NBCs. The choice of a later statute to use different language eliminates nothing.
I guess "yes" and "no" are merely "different language" for meaning the same thing to you.
I'll bet your mother yelled a lot at you, "I said NO!"
But, it probably never took.
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